02 March 2013

Historical sleeve insignia of the 45th infantry division

Not of the German army, but of the U. S. Army.

The 45th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army was a major formation of the Oklahoma Army National Guard from 1920 to 1968. Headquartered mostly in Oklahoma City, the guardsmen fought in both World War II and the Korean War. They trace their lineage from frontier militias that operated in the Southwestern United States throughout the late 1800s...

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This was a most auspicious find (although the web is a cornucopia of them admittedly), as I've been working a number of years on the Repossession of the Swastika, starting when I spotted a gigantic one on the prow of an Indian freighter docked in Vancouver harbor back in 1975.

Guru Swastika, an artist living in Cranbrook, BC, has tattoed his body with swastikas and issued several books on the history of the symbol.

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